Monthly Archives: January 2011

More pink and green today! Although this time there’s something blue in it, too…

Sometimes a single photo can inspire an entire event, and in the case of this inspiration board, it’s the delicious peach pic from What Katie Ate. That lovely blue on the rim of the plate, the soft white linen napkin, and of course the baked peaches. Mmmm…. The romantic garden feel came next: lace wedding dress, antique cameo ring, garden roses. And though this palette works splendidly in the Palm House at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, I think it could also work for a pretty beach wedding.

I just want to eat Elizabeth Messina’s gorgeous photos, and Jillian and Rick’s wedding is no exception. Classic elegance with a touch of modern design, including lovely paper elements from the bride’s own letterpress collection, Gigi Press. Jillian was kind enough to share some details about the day:

We really wanted our wedding celebration to be special not only for us but also for our guests. It was a treat to see our guests really enjoying themselves, starting by being greeted with champagne with fresh springs of lavender when they arrived at the ceremony, to when the doors of the reception opened up to the fabulous band, continuing through dinner and afterward when the men enjoyed fresh rolled cigars, and finally at the end of the night when In-N-Out cheeseburgers came out of the kitchen.

I have a letterpress stationery collection of my own, Gigi Press, but when it came to my own invitations I knew I needed another set of eyes, so I collaborated with Passing Notes on my wedding invitation suite. My goal was to letterpress everything imaginable: welcome notes for guests, CD covers, menus, seating cards, cigar labels…you name it! The table numbers were etched in walnut, as were many coordinating signs. Invitations, seating cards and menus were hand calligraphed with guests names by Grace Connell.

Says Jillian: It rained on our wedding day…the cocktail reception was completely rained out. I was a total stress case the day before, and Elizabeth [Messina] helped remind me that it’s not about the rain ruining the day…it’s all about you and the love of your life. Now, every time it rains, I think of the day we got married, and it’s a beautiful memory.

Floral design was by Square Root Designs. They did an amazing job – we were married between two pepperberry trees adorned with hydrangeas, succulents, and roses. My bouquet consisted of white baby ranunculus and lily of the valley. And my favorite touch was our chair treatments, a garland of fresh rosemary.

PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com has given us yet another reason to love them. To celebrate the New Year, they’re giving away $2000 toward any wedding dress on their site. That means you could get an already discounted designer dress for even less – or possibly for free! You can see all the details right here.

From Vera Wang to Monique Lhuillier, you’re sure to find the dress of your dreams (at a dream price) on PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com. And of course, if you’ve already been married in the dress of your dreams and now you want to sell it, you can list it on the site for thousands of brides to see.

Adrienne Page sent over the photos from this timelessly elegant Miami wedding, and the bride Jenna shared all of the details. Isn’t it lovely?! From Jenna:

Both of our families live in Miami, and I have always loved the Biltmore Hotel since I was a little girl – my mom used to take me there for tea, friends had birthday parties there by the pool. It’s also iconic old-school Miami. I always wanted to have my wedding there and I feel so fortunate that I was able to. The venue and my dress pretty much inspired the rest of the wedding – we wanted to go with something that felt vintage and elegant, but was also us. We don’t take ourselves too seriously and I didn’t want the wedding to feel stuffy; I wanted it to be us, but elegant us.

My dad restores old cars, so he drove me to the church in his 1940 Ford.

All of our place cards and reception items actually got lost two days before the wedding – our calligrapher, Laura Hooper, re-did everything and over-nighted a whole other set. She was great! I had a very specific vision going into the planning process – I knew I wanted white anemones and mercury glass, and I knew my color scheme (white, cream, gray, black, silver). Our florist was able to just go with what I wanted and it turned out spectacular.

Thank you to Adrienne Page for these beautiful photos, and to Jenna and Kyle for sharing your lovely day with us. You can see lots more photos from their wedding on Adrienne’s blog, and also check out their wedding video by Portal Films right here.

If you’re anything like me, your Mac computer has been a key tool for researching, planning and organizing your wedding – why stop there? Thrilled For You offers a fun new take on the photo guest book, with software that basically turns your Mac into a photo booth. Except it’s a photo booth that allows guests to leave you video messages – a video guest book! Thrilled For You provided this little movie on how it all works…

Oh, and check out a mini-montage of some messages left at a real wedding, right here (it’s actually the wedding of Jenny, one of the creators of this fun software).

Personalize your video guest book with your names, wedding date, and a theme that fits your wedding (above are a few examples of the 24 themes available). Thrilled For You is an affordable alternative to traditional photo booth rentals, or a nice addition to your photographer or videographer – and from now until Valentine’s Day, they’re offering Snippet & Ink readers the software for just $49. That’s almost 50% off!Just email them at weare@thrilledforyou.com with code SNIPPET in the subject line. What a totally fun way to remember your wedding day!